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... spelling of the word in the sense of a group of nations, parties, legislators, or individuals of different loyalties allied in a common cause In politics of conti-nental Europe, a bloc is a group of ... journalist) are wrong: Which of the two candidates for your nomination is best qualified to be president of the United States? The policies of the president are the best of the two [sets of policies] ... when it is the first word of the title: Riders of the Purple Sage but The Outline of History and A Little Night Music. Official titles are capitalized before aname (Secretary of State Robert Smith)but

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... isolated, a part of a word like hasten and often tends to form a word in itself with a different pronunciation (has-ten and of-ten). A hyphenated compound, such as hang-up or send-off, should be ... Ameri-cans.” In listing differences between British English and American English, two En-glish lexicographers present “different from or to” as the British way and ferent than” as the American way ... single letter is not split off from the rest of a word A word like adroit should never be divided, inasmuch as its two syllables are a and droit One newspaper divided that word into “adr-” and “oit.”

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... man- Man-lay off and Man-layoff 209 Trang 20agement would not “layoff” anyone.The correct verb is lay off, two words. Layoff as a single word is a noun only, for example: “The layoff of workers ... singularity of kind of goes for class of, sort of, and type of See TYPE. See also THEM and THOSE. 2 Improperly used with A or AN Another source of criticism is the in-trusion of a or an in “That kind of ... is often used in place of a simpler and better word .” Theodore Bernstein found the verb turned into “a fuzzy, all-purpose word” in place of various precise words Just 52 percent of The American

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... the Americans “little choice but to blow them out of the sky” (a non sequitur) “Little choice”? The Americans had the choice of not blowing them out of the sky; the choice of talking instead of ... telephone) • Collective noun—the designation of a group of things or people (team, gang, army) Besides being single words, nouns may be hyphenated words or groups of words (will-o’-the-wisp, human being, ... not to three or more “Neither of the two boys” / “neither of the couple” / “neither of the pair” are correct “Her feelings were very hurt that neither of the three of us showed up” (said by a caller

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... single words: break-throughs, forget-me-nots, knockouts, ne’er-do-wells, takeoffs, and words end-ing in -ful, like cupfuls and spoonfuls. C Creatures; peculiarities English has a variety of peculiar ... may become either wharfs or wharves and hoof either hoofs or hooves Roof be- comes only roofs And still life becomes only still lifes. G -ICS ending Words that end in -ics may be con- strued ... Party A sup-porter of that party, but not the party it-self, was called Populist Weaver, for instance, was a Populist The farmer’s movement of that era was known as the Populist movement or Populism.

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... in charge of For the generalpublic, the full term is more widely un-derstandable Virgules have been increasingly used of late instead of traditional punc-tuation and even instead of words The ... non-Indians—many American Indian groups call themselves that), who foster “Native American” as a synonym Users of that term exclude most native-born Americans and several indigenous peo-ples under the American ... “obvious presence of suchpeople of color ” Users of that termshould explain why they do not regardany tint of pinkish tan as a color.Here is a paradox, brought up by aphysics professor and later

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... better choice of words A stint (noun) is usually an allotment of work or piece of work For instance, “He finished his daily stint at the fac-tory.” A stint can be also a limitation, of-ten an undue ... hauled off ” Next, the sequence of two events is mistakenly reversed by the use of the present perfect instead of the past per-fect: The Mohajir group called the strike to demand the release of ... use of “testament,” in lieu of testi-mony, was either a lapse or an instance of poetic license THAN. 1 Confused with THEN 2. With various words. 1 Confused with THEN The mistake in both of these

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... describes a mil- lion-word sample of American writing containing 61,805 word forms. As already suggested in our discussion of the frequency of words of different length, word utilization in actual ... they have to do with words, whether or not the words are written down. Verbal (adjective) pertains to words. It can have any of these senses: A. In words or through the use of words. Songs communicate ... language, the word to use was whereof (adverb) It can mean of which, of whom, or whence... A contemporary of his, H L Mencken, wrote: The schoolmarm continues the heroic task of trying to

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... isolated, a part of a word like hasten and often tends to form a word in itself with a different pronunciation (has-ten and of-ten). A hyphenated compound, such as hang-up or send-off, should be ... Ameri-cans.” In listing differences between British English and American English, two En-glish lexicographers present “different from or to” as the British way and ferent than” as the American way ... single letter is not split off from the rest of a word A word like adroit should never be divided, inasmuch as its two syllables are a and droit One newspaper divided that word into “adr-” and “oit.”

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... of a usage panel of 166 members accepted the modern sense of gay Some expressed anger Isaac Asi-mov: “This use of ‘gay’ has killed a won-derful word .” Erich Segal: “It robs our language of ... confusing gantlope with a then familiar word, gauntlet, a type of glove, of which gantlet was a variant The first quotation of gantlope in The Oxford English Dic-tionary is from 1646; fifteen ... lamps.” Probably of Teutonicorigin, the word came to Middle English from the French gai. The use of gay in the above senses dates back at least to 1310, antedating Chaucer, The Oxford English nary

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... man- Man-lay off and Man-layoff 209 Trang 20agement would not “layoff” anyone.The correct verb is lay off, two words. Layoff as a single word is a noun only, for example: “The layoff of workers ... singularity of kind of goes for class of, sort of, and type of See TYPE. See also THEM and THOSE. 2 Improperly used with A or AN Another source of criticism is the in-trusion of a or an in “That kind of ... is often used in place of a simpler and better word .” Theodore Bernstein found the verb turned into “a fuzzy, all-purpose word” in place of various precise words Just 52 percent of The American

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... the Americans “little choice but to blow them out of the sky” (a non sequitur) “Little choice”? The Americans had the choice of not blowing them out of the sky; the choice of talking instead of ... telephone) • Collective noun—the designation of a group of things or people (team, gang, army) Besides being single words, nouns may be hyphenated words or groups of words (will-o’-the-wisp, human being, ... not to three or more “Neither of the two boys” / “neither of the couple” / “neither of the pair” are correct “Her feelings were very hurt that neither of the three of us showed up” (said by a caller

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... in charge of For the generalpublic, the full term is more widely un-derstandable Virgules have been increasingly used of late instead of traditional punc-tuation and even instead of words The ... non-Indians—many American Indian groups call themselves that), who foster “Native American” as a synonym Users of that term exclude most native-born Americans and several indigenous peo-ples under the American ... “obvious presence of suchpeople of color ” Users of that termshould explain why they do not regardany tint of pinkish tan as a color.Here is a paradox, brought up by aphysics professor and later

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... better choice of words A stint (noun) is usually an allotment of work or piece of work For instance, “He finished his daily stint at the fac-tory.” A stint can be also a limitation, of-ten an undue ... hauled off ” Next, the sequence of two events is mistakenly reversed by the use of the present perfect instead of the past per-fect: The Mohajir group called the strike to demand the release of ... use of “testament,” in lieu of testi-mony, was either a lapse or an instance of poetic license THAN. 1 Confused with THEN 2. With various words. 1 Confused with THEN The mistake in both of these

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... linguist describes a lion-word sample of American writingcontaining 61,805 word forms mil-As already suggested in our discussion of the frequency of words of differentlength, word utilization in actual ... they have to do with words, whether or not the words are written down Verbal (adjective) pertains to words It can have any of these senses: A In words or through the use of words Songs communicate ... instance of (not a ten- dency toward) an overabundance of words Verbiage can also denote a style of using words, such as legal verbiage in IN TERMS OF; IS IS; KNOT; LIKE, 3; MEAN (adjective); OFF

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... features of American English……… 33 2.1.2 Grammatical features of American English ……… 38 2.1.3 Lexical features of American English ……… … …41 2 2 Linguistic peculiarities of American English ... - a dialect of British English 11 1 1 2 Features of American English dialect ……… 12 1 4 Southwestern American English 14 1 4 1.Phonological features of Southwestern American English 14 ... communication with each other 1.4 Southwestern American English - a dialect of American English The investigation of the regional dialects of American English has been a major concern for dialectologists

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:32

... country? 2 a birthday present? Trang 8322 (box of) chocolates23 (bag of) candy 24 (bar of) chocolate/candy bar 25 (bag of) potato chips 26 (stick of) chewing gum 1 Wh re do youusually buy thesethin~:~ ... Discussion 1 Give the personal data ofsomeone you know 2 Give the personal data of afamous person Trang 10m MARRIED COUPLE m GRANDPARENTS ANDWhich of these words can beused only for women7onlyfor ... 1 Which of these pets need a special" home7" 2 Which of these pets ouldyoukeep in anapartment? 3 Which of thesepetsneedsto beoutdoors7 Trang 103Questions for discussion1 Which of these

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2015, 10:08

... Trang 1List of 616 English Irregular Verbs From UsingEnglish.com A comprehensive list of 616 English irregular verbs, including their base form, ... side of something Bet Bet Bet To risk money against the result of a future event Bethink Bethought Bethought To think about something To remind yourself Bid Bid Bid To make an offer of money ... reside\live Alight Alit/Alighted Alit/Alighted To get off a bus, train, etc Arise Arose Arisen To originate To get up from horizontal position, out of bed To come into existence B Base Form Past

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2017, 08:14

...  American English has developed a character of its own, reflecting the life and the physical and social environment of the American people.  The Americans invented large numbers of new words ... inclose  The future of American English  Since World War II, American English has been developing and changing. There is no doubt that American English will enrich the English language greatly.  With ... stage of Modern English. 1. Historical Americanisms: - In American usage ,some words still retain their old meanings while British English their meanings have changed or fell out of use. ...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 23:24

... field of word. _ Analyzing the culture and linguist of the word “meal” in English and in Vietnamese equivalents. _ Comparing the cultural and linguistic analysis of the English word “meal” and words ... on word- building. The internal structure of the word, or its meaning, nowadays, commonly referred to the word s semantic structure. Another structural aspect of the word is its unity. The word ... the chapter II we have given out some definitions of the word “meal” and remark about it. We have also listed field of word “meal” in English and words relating to it in contrast with Vietnamese...

Ngày tải lên: 15/04/2013, 15:11